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Having thus selected and prepared the ground, 
the next object will be the most proper kinds of^ 
vines to make choice of, for plantii^. And here 
indulgent nature has poured, forth her bounties with 
a truly liberal hancL There are above a hundred v 
different sorts growing at Welbeck, England : fifty 
of which sorts are particularly described by Speedi¬ 
ly in his treatise on the vine. In this country, es¬ 
pecially in the northern states, the most hardy, and 
the earliest ripe are to be preferred. 
The twelve following kinds ripen early in Sep¬ 
tember, and will answer very well for this state : 
viz. 
4 The miller grape. J 
5 The black Hamburg, 
6 The red ; do. 
7 The white Muscadin, 
8 The Muscadella, 
L ; 9 The Melie blanc, 
10 The white Morillon, 
11 The white Auvernat, 
12 The grey, da. 
The seven following kinds, ripen also in Sep¬ 
tember, but they are more tender, and should occu¬ 
py the warmer parts of the vineyard : viz. 
1 The black Auvernat,*^ 
2 The black Orleans, 
3 The blue cluster. 
These four make 
the best Burgundy.^ 
